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Focal PointsStudents share their photos from around the world—including for the first time, photos from the United States—in our fourth annual Study Abroad Photo Contest.

Finalists and Winners

Grand Prize: Study Abroad

India: Morning Ritual on the Ganges River
Scott Strenger ’12, an entrepreneurship major from Plainview, N.Y. December 2011

Physical World: Winner

India: The Pink City
Elizabeth Riedman ’13, an anthropology major from Canandaigua, N.Y. November 2011

People: Winner

Ghana: The Left Hand
Christine Rose (T5), an anthropology and studio arts major from Dansville, N.Y. October 2011

Culture: Honorable Mention

Italy: Laundry Day
Simone Zehren ’14, an archaeology, technology, and historical structures major from Washington, D.C. June 2011

Physical World: Honorable Mention

Poland: Auschwitz Marina Isaacson ’12, an international relations major from Fairport, N.Y. March 2011

Culture: Winner

Morocco: A Camel Ride Mary Pilarz ’13, a biology major from Buffalo. October 2011

Physical World: Honorable Mention

Vietnam: A Sudden Storm Louisa Durkin ’13, a molecular genetics major from Belmont, Mass. October 2011

People: Honorable Mention

England: On a Steam Train Jintian Li ’12, a a film and media studies major from Beijing, China. May 2011

Culture: Honorable Mention

Ghana: Fishermen and Nets Christine Rose (T5), an anthropology and studio arts major from Dansville, N.Y. October 2011

People: Honorable Mention

Israel: Shopping in the Old City Jacqueline Carpentier ’13, a psychology and studio arts major from Portland, Maine. September 2011

Physical World: Honorable Mention

Tanzania: Sunset over the Serengeti Sarah Smith ’13, an environmental sciences major from Newton, Mass. October 2011

International: Grand Prize

Arizona: The Antelope Canyon Yuhong Yao, a graduate student in optics from Tianjin, China. December 2011

International: Honorable Mention

San Francisco: San Francisco at Night Pak Lam (Jack) Yung ’13, an electrical and computer engineering major from Hong Kong, China. December 2011

International: Honorable Mention

Rochester: The Lady in the Lake Ding Zheng, a graduate student in materials science from Hangzhou, China. October 2011

Thanks to Our Judges and Sponsors

Our panel of judges included Adam Fenster, University photographer; Allen Topolski, professor and chair of the Department of Art and Art History; and Brandon Vick, digital assets manager for University Communications.

Jacqueline Levine ’80, ’84 (Mas), director of the Center for Study Abroad and Interdepartmental Programs; Sylvia Kless ’91W (MA), associate director of the International Services Office; and Molly Jolliff, international student counselor in the Office of the Dean of the College, helped coordinate the contest.

For the fourth edition of our annual Study Abroad Photo Contest, we received just over 200 photos from 53 students who took part in an academic program sponsored by the College Center for Study Abroad and Interdepartmental Studies during 2011.

Submitted in the categories of culture, people, and physical world, the photos were taken in 33 countries, representing five continents.

And we added a new perspective this year. Working with the International Services Office and the Office of the Dean of the College, we invited international students to submit their photos of the United States.